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[Ashley_Hunt]

Hello people . I live local in Bury St Edmunds and am interested in the RAF/USAF of the WW2 in particular bases and possible crash sites .I work on the old Chedburgh base and have taken a few pictures and posted already . However I am trying to find out info on a possible crash site in Bradfield St George . I have found large cal bullets on a field between FREEWOOD STREET and FREEWOOD any info would be help full . I have been told tales of V1 coming down in FREEWOOD but never an aircraft . Also of a Spitfire that crashed in a storm , it went in nose first and the engine ect was left in the hole ! Any info on either please . Beyond that I fly RC Aircraft at Rattlesden airfield . I believe i am one of the very few to do this . Other interests are motorcycles and field sports .

[Arcade Al]

Hi Ashley, welcome to AIX

[PETERTHEEATER]

Welcome to AiX Ashley.

I worked on clearance tasks with RAF Bomb Disposal at both Rattlesden and Ridgewell in 1964 which I now realise is almost 50 years ago!

Large calibre bullets implies .5 inch (so called fifty caliber) which was used predominantly by USAAF.

[PNK]

Welcome to the forum Ashley.

[Ashley_Hunt]

Hello there . Q : I have never seen a cannon shell used in the spitfire neither a 50 cal but the bullet I found on the said area was blue with silver tip . My mother came up with the idea that the ammo was dumped from a returning fortress at Rougham . Thanks for answering so quickly .

[PETERTHEEATER]

A 'silver' aluminium colour on the tip indicates Armour Piercing/Incendiary but , an overall blue body?

[Ashley_Hunt]

no just the head . the case was obviously brass .

[PNK]

It's not a practice marking colour by any chance?

[PETERTHEEATER]

The light blue colour is post-war and used to indicate Practice rounds on the larger calibre ammunition projectiles. I am assuming that the 'find' was a 50 calibre projectile.

[Ashley_Hunt]

Like I said it had a silver tip but I can remember it being very corroded blue and I was about 7 yrs old . It was bigger than 303 , what size difference is 50 cal to 20mm ? I intend to go back to said field with a metal detector . ( I'm not holding my breath though because when I found the bullet was 39 yrs ago ).